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Over 100 photo guides for traveling photographers.

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Top Ten Photo Guides
Rank Guide State Publisher Price
1The Works

Everything ever done

by Photograph America
-PA$120

(PDF)
2The Canadian Rockies-PA 30$8.50
3The Pacific Coast Collection-PA$35

(PDF)
4The PalouseWashingtonPA 54$8.50
5Olympic National ParkWashingtonPT$15.95
6Glacier National ParkMontanaPT$11.95
7South-East UtahUtahPT$15.95
8Arches National ParkUtahPA 18$8.50
9OregonOregonPT$15.95
10The Blue Ridge ParkwayNorth Carolina

and Virginia
PA 76$8.50

If you know of any other guides, please let me know.

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The letters in parenthesis identify the publisher:

CM = Countryman Press. B&W books shipped via Amazon.com

CL = Carol Leigh/Picture This. PDFs on CDs.

GA = Graphic Arts Center Publishing. B&W books shipped via Amazon.com

LM = Laurent Martres, PhotoTripUSA books shipped via Amazon.com

PA = Photograph America. Available as PDFs emailed or on CD, or as printed booklets:

          B&W photos and maps, 8.5"x11", 12-16 pages, staple-bound.

PP = Photo Pro Press. B&W maps, 5.5" x 8.5", 72 pages, staple-bound.

PS = PhotoSecrets. Color photos and maps, 5"x8", 72-354 pages, smythe-sewn.

PT = Photo Traveler. B&W maps, 8.5"x11", 20-54 pages, spiral-bound.

SP = Stackpole Books. B&W books shipped via Amazon.com

WR = Whispering River. B&W books shipped via Amazon.com

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Note: All the Photograph America guides

(listed as "(PA)") are available as printed booklets and PDF files on a CD or emailed. You can choose your format at the Address and Payment part of the order form.

You can also buy the complete set (see below).

U.S.A. - General

USA - 25 Great Photo Locations (PA) $8.50

USA - 36 Exposures of North America (PA) $8.50

USA - 50 Great Photo Trips (PA) $8.50

USA - Successful Desert Photography (PA) $8.50

     Books via Amazon.com:

    100 Top Locations for Travel Photography

    The Photographer's Travel Guide



Hawai'i

Hawai'i - the Big Island (PA) $8.50

Hawaii Volcanoes and Kauai (PT) $15.95

Kaua'i - The Na Pali Coast (PA) $8.50

Kaua'i and Moloka'i - Sunrises, sunsets and rainforests (PA) $8.50

Maui - The Hana Coast (PA) $8.50

Maui, Molokai and Lanai (PT) $15.95

     Books via Amazon.com:

    Oahu

    Maui and Molokai



Alaska

Alaska - The Alaska Highway (PA) $8.50

Alaska - Bears on Fish Creek, Hyder, Alaska (PA) $8.50

Alaska - Glacier National Park (PA) $8.50

     Books via Amazon.com:

     Denali

     Glacier N.P.



Northwest

Photograph America's Pacific Northwest Collection

PRINTED issues in a 3-ring binder - $50

PDF files on a CD - $35

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $65

From Alaska to Orgon, 12 Photograph America guides. Includes: The Oregon Coast, Rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula, Waterfalls of Oregon, Mount Rainier N.P., Driving the Alaska Highway, Pacific Rim N.P., The Palouse in Washington State, Mount St. Helens, Bears on Fish Creak in Hyder Alaska, Deserts of Eastern Oregon, Idaho's Sawtooth Range, Oregon Back Roads.

Idaho - Sawtooth Range (PA) $8.50

Montana and Wyoming - The Beartooth Highway (PA) $8.50

Montana - Glacier National Park and Western Montana (PT) $11.95

Oregon - Oregon State (PT) $15.95

Oregon - Back Roads (PA) $8.50

Oregon - Coast (PA) $8.50

Oregon - Deserts (PA) $8.50

Oregon - Lighthouses (PA) $8.50

Oregon - Waterfalls (PA) $8.50

Washington - Mount Rainier National Park (PA) $8.50

Washington - Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens (PT) $9.95

Washington - Mount Saint Helens National Monument(PA) $8.50

Washington - Olympic National Park and Washington's North Cascades (PT) $15.95

Washington - Olympic Rain Forest (PA) $8.50

Washington - The Palouse (PA) $8.50

Wyoming - Grand Teton National Park (PT) $7.95

Wyoming - Grand Tetons in Winter (PA) $8.50

Wyoming - The Tetons (PA) $8.50

Wyoming - Yellowstone National Park (PT) $9.95

Wyoming - Yellowstone in Winter (PA) $8.50

    Photo Rovers guides:

    Mt. Rainier

    Seattle

    Books via Amazon.com:

    Oregon (GA)

    Oregon Coast (CM)

    The Puget Sound and Northwest Washington (CM)

    Yellowstone and the Tetons (SP)



California

Photograph America's California Collection

Printed issues in a 3-ring binder - $60

PDF files on a CD - $45

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $75

From the coast to the desert, 15 Photograph America guides. Includes: Death Valley, California Deserts in Spring, Point Lobos and Big Sur, North of Golden Gate, East of the Sierra, Yosemite Valley, The Pacific Flyway, A California Portfolio, California Back Roads, The Golden Gate's Coastal Trail, the High Sierra, Anza-Borrego Desert, Point Reyes in Winter, Antelope Valley Wildflowers, Wildlife Refuges in San Francisco Bay.

Carol Leigh's Photographing California Collection

PDF files on five CDs - $79.95

Includes all five of Carol Leigh's guides: Far Northern California, Northern California, Central California, Southern California, Far Southern California.

Carol Leigh's guides:

Far Northern California as PDF files on a CD (CL) $19.95

Northern California as PDF files on a CD (CL) $19.95

Central California as PDF files on a CD (CL) $19.95

Southern California as PDF files on a CD (CL) $19.95

Far Southern California as PDF files on a CD (CL) $19.95

California Wildflower Locations as PDF files on a CD $19.95

(Don't order the Wildflower guide if you're ordering the other Carol Leigh guides, as most info is contained in the other five guides)

Antelope Valley Wildflowers (PA) $8.50

Anza-Borrego Desert Landscapes (PA) $8.50

A California Portfolio (PA) $8.50

     Balboa Park (PS) $10.95 available from Amazon.com

California Back Roads (PA) $8.50

California Central Coast and Channel Islands National Park (PT) $15.95

California Deserts in Spring (PA) $8.50

California North Coast and Redwood National Park (PT) $11.95

Death Valley (PA) $8.50

Death Valley and the California Deserts (PT) $15.95

East of the Sierra - Bodie and Mono Lake (PA) $8.50

The Golden Gate's Coastal Trail (PA) $8.50

The High Sierra (PA) $8.50

Joshua Tree National Park (PA) $8.50 (PDF in color)

Northern California Coast (PA) $8.50

Northern California's Pacific Flyway (PA) $8.50

Point Lobos and the Central California Coast (PA) $8.50

Point Reyes in Winter (PA) $8.50

Redwood National Park (PA) $8.50 (PDF in color)

Redwood and Lassen National Parks and Northern California (PT) $15.95

     San Diego (PS) $18.95 available from Amazon.com

     San Francisco and Northern California (PS) $16.95 available from Amazon.com

San Francisco: The Golden Gate's Coastal Trail (PA) $8.50

Wildlife Refuges of San Francisco Bay (PA) $8.50

     Yosemite National Park (PS) $7.95 available from Amazon.com

     (Note: All this book is included in PhotoSecrets San Francisco, so you don't need both books)


Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada (PT) $15.95

Yosemite Valley (PA) $8.50

    Books via Amazon.com:

California Coast (CM)

San Diego (PS)

San Diego's Balboa Park (PS)

San Francisco and Northern California (PS)

Waterfalls of Northern California (Yosemite Assoc.)

Waterfalls of Southern and Central California (Yosemite Assoc.)

Waterfalls of California (Yosemite Assoc.)

Yosemite (Yosemite Assoc.)

Yosemite (PS)

Yosemite and the High Sierra (CM)



Southwest

Photograph America's Southwest Collection

PRINTED issues in a 3-ring binder - $80

PDF files on a CD - $65

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $95

From Arches to Zion, 23 Photograph America guides. Includes: Hidden Desert Canyons, Colorful Colorado, Zion and Bryce Canyons, Arizona Desert Wildflowers, Arches N.P., Santa Fe and Taos, Monument Valley/Canyon de Chelly, Ancient Indian Cliff Dwellings, Canyonlands N.P., Capitol Reef N.P., Big Bend N.P., More Hidden Desert Canyons, Nevada's Valley of Fire S.P., Great Basin N.P., Bosque del Apache/White Sands, Utah's Grand Staircase/Escalante, Nevada Back Roads, New Mexico's Bisti Wilderness, Sedona in Arizona, the Wave in Coyote Buttes, Utah Desert Trails, Two Weeks in the Desert, Anza-Borrego Desert Landscapes.

Arizona - Arizona (PT) $15.95

Arizona - The Arizona Desert in Spring (PA) $8.50

Arizona - Grand Canyon's South Rim (PA) $8.50

Arizona - Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelly (PA) $8.50

Arizona - Petrified Forest National Park (PA) $8.50

Arizona - Sedona (PA) $8.50

Arizona - Slot Canyons 1 (PA) $8.50

Arizona - Slot Canyons 2 (PA) $8.50

Arizona/Utah border - Coyote Buttes and Slot Canyons (PT) $15.95

Arizona/Utah border - Coyote Buttes South (PA) $8.50

Arizona/Utah border - Coyote Buttes - The Wave (PA) $8.50

Arizona/Utah border - Two Weeks In The Desert (PA) $8.50

Colorado - Cliff Dwellings of the Southwest (PA) $8.50

Colorado - Colorado Rockies (PT) $13.95

Colorado - Fantasy Canyon/Dinosaur Natl Monument (PA) $8.50

Colorado - Rocky Mountain National Park (PA) $8.50

Colorado - San Juan Mountains (PA) $8.50

Nevada - Back Roads (PA) $8.50

Nevada - Ghost Towns (PA) $8.50

Nevada - Great Basin National Park (PA) $8.50

Nevada - Valley of Fire (PA) $8.50

New Mexico - New Mexico (PT) $13.95

New Mexico - Bisti Wilderness (PA) $8.50

New Mexico - Bosque del Apache/White Sands (PA) $8.50

New Mexico - Santa Fe and Taos (PA) $8.50

Utah - Arches National Park (PA) $8.50

Utah - Canyonlands National Park (PA) $8.50

Utah - Capitol Reef National Park (PA) $8.50

Utah - Desert Trails (PA) $8.50

Utah - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park (PA) $8.50

Utah - Southeast (PT) $15.95

Utah - Southwest (PT) $15.95

Utah - Zion and Bryce National Parks (PA) $8.50

     Books via Amazon.com:

    Southwest, Volume 1 - Southern Utah (LM)

    Southwest, Volume 2 - Arizona (LM)

    Southwest, Volume 3 - Colorado and New Mexico (LM)

    Grand Canyon and Northern Arizona (SP)

    Grand Canyon (CM)

    Canyon Country (CM)

    Colorado (WR)

    Colorado Rockies (CM)



Mid-West, South and East

Photograph America's Atlantic Coast Collection

PRINTED issues in a 3-ring binder - $60

PDF files on a CD - $45

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $75

16 Photograph America guides. Includes: Autumn in New England, the Florida Everglades, Acadia and the Coast of Maine, Sanibel and Captiva Islands, the Coast of Nova Scotia, Outer Banks of North Carolina, Shenandoah N.P., Autumn in New Hampshire, South Carolina Refuges, Big Cypress and Corkscrew in Florida, Up the hudson River in New York, the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, Phographing Georgia, The Blue Ridge Parkway.

Photograph America's Southern States Collection

PRINTED issues in a 3-ring binder - $60

PDF files on a CD - $45

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $75

16 Photograph America guides. Includes: Florida's Everglades, Sanibel and Captiva Islands, Great Smoky Mountains, Okefenokee Swamp, Back Roads of Kentucky, North Carolina's Outer Banks, Big Bend N.P., Texas Highland Wildflowers, Shenandoah N.P., Louisiana Wildlife Refuge, South Carolina Low Country, Big Cypress/Corkscrew Florida, Ozark Back Roads, Photographing Georgia, The Blue Ridge Parkway, Florida Wildlfe Refuges.

Photograph America's Central States Collection

PRINTED issues in a 3-ring binder - $50

PDF files on a CD - $35

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $65

12 Photograph America guides. Includes: Winter in Wyoming, Colorful Colorado, Glacier National Park, Winter in Yellowstone, Back Roads of Kentucky, Autumn on Upper Michigan Peninsula, Badlands and the Black Hills of South Dakota, The Beartooth Highway, Idaho's Sawtooth Range, The Tetons, Along the Mississippi River, Rocky Mountain National Park.

Arkansas - Ozark Back Roads (PA) $8.50

Georgia - Okefenokee Swamp (part of the Florida guide) (PT) $15.95

Georgia - The Okefenokee Swamp (PA) $8.50

Georgia - Photographing Georgia (PA) $8.50

Kentucky - Back Roads (PA) $8.50

Louisiana - Wildlife Refuges (PA) $8.50

Maryland - The Chesapeake Bay (PA) $8.50

Michigan - Upper Peninsula (PT) $7.95

Michigan - Upper Peninsula Autumn Color (PA) $8.50

Minnesota to Missouri - Along the Mississippi (PA) $8.50

New York - Up the Hudson River (PA) $8.50

North Carolina and Virginia - The Blue Ridge Parkway (PA) $8.50

North Carolina - The Outer Banks (PA) $8.50

Pennsylvania - Autumn Color (PA) $8.50 (PDF in color)

South Carolina - Low Country (PA) $8.50

South Dakota - Badlands and Black Hills (PA) $8.50

South Dakota - Badlands and Black Hills (PT) $13.95

Tennessee - Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah N.P.s (PT) $15.95

Tennessee - Great Smoky Mountains National Park(PA) $8.50

Texas - Big Bend National Park (PA) $8.50

Texas - Big Bend N.P. and Fall Color in Texas (PT) $15.95

Texas - Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country (PA) $8.50

Virginia - Shenandoah National Park (PA) $8.50

West Virginia Back Roads (PA) $8.50

     Virginia - The Blue Ridge Parkway -- see "North Carolina" above

      Books via Amazon.com:

     North Carolina Waterfalls (John Blair Publishers)

     Pennsylvania Waterfalls (SP)

     New York Waterfalls (SP)

      Out of Print:

     New York (Out of Print)

     Washington, D.C. (Out of Print)



New England

Photograph America's Fall Color Collection

PRINTED issues in a 3-ring binder - $60

PDF files on a CD - $45

Both Printed issues in a binder and PDF files on a CD - $75

Find the great colors in September and October with 15 Photograph America guides. Includes: New England, Colorado, Maine, East of the Sierra, Great Smoky Mountains, Michigan, Shenandoah N.P., Great Basin N.P., New Hampshire, Arkansas, New York, Georgia, Tetons, Blue Ridge Parkway, Southern Vermont.

Autumn in New England (PT) $11.95

Maine - Acadia and the Coast of Maine (PA) $8.50

Maine - Islands (PA) $8.50 (PDF in color)

Maine - Maine (PT) $11.95

New Hampshire - Autumn in New Hampshire (PA) $8.50

New Hampshire and Vermont - New Hampshire and Vermont (PT) $15.95

Vermont - Autumn in Vermont (PA) $8.50

Vermont - Southern Vermont (PA) $8.50

    Order by email:

    Scenic Vermont (PP) $15.00 - Send an email to ARNKAP@COMCAST.NET

    Books via Amazon.com:

    Cape Cod and the Islands (CM)

    Vermont (CM)

    Maine Coast (CM)



Florida

Florida (includes the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia) (PT) $15.95

Florida Everglades (PA) $8.50

Florida Wildlife Refuges (PA) $8.50

Sanibel and Captiva Islands (PA) $8.50

Swamps of South Florida (PA) $8.50



Canada

Canadian Rockies (PT) $13.95

Canadian Rockies - Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise (PA) $8.50

Nova Scotia (PT) $13.95

The Coast of Nova Scotia (PA) $8.50

Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island (PA) $8.50

Orcas of Vancouver Island (PA) $8.50

Driving the Alaska Highway (PA) $8.50

     Books via Amazon.com:

    Canadian Landscape

    Canadian Rockies (Altitude Publishing)

    Wild Ontario (Boston Mills)

    Toronto (Lulu)



Europe

     Books via Amazon.com:

    England (PIP)

    Scotland (PIP)

     Out of Print:

    London

    Florence and Tuscany

    London

    Paris

    Rome

    Stockholm



Australia

Book available in Australia:
Photograph Australia by Steve Parrish



Also see:
Photo.net/travel mostly by Philip Greenspun, with a forum





Photograph America's Complete Set -- The Works!



A complete set of all 99 (or more) guides by Photograph America

Over 1,100 pages of detailed directions to thousands of wonderful places.

Fifteen years of work.

Choose your format:

PDF - $120

All issues as PDF files on a CD

(no subscription included).

PDF, plus subscription - $155

All issues as PDF files on a CD,

plus a one-year subscription of six issues emailed in PDF.

PRINTED, plus subscription - $205

All issues printed, in a large 3-ring binder,

plus a one-year subscription of six issues printed.

PRINTED and PDF, plus subscription - $245

All issues printed, in a large 3-ring binder,

plus as PDF files on a CD,

plus a one-year subscription of six issues

printed and mailed, and emailed in PDF.



Newsletters
Photo Explorations Newsletter

Bimonthly - six issues per year

One Year  $45

Two Years  $75

Three Years  $90

Photograph America Newsletter

Bimonthly - six guides per year

One Year:

Printed and mailed - $45

PDF emailed - $45

Printed and mailed, and PDF emailed - $55





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Tax: Shipments outside California: No tax.

Shipments to California: 7.75% tax on guides, collections and PDFs on a CD

(no tax on newsletter subscription or emailed PDFs).



Shipping charges:
Photograph America (PA)
PA Guides:

To U.S. or Canada:

$1 for 1-5 issues

$2 for 5-9 issues

$3 for 10+ issues

$4 for Priority Mail (U.S.)

Outside North America: $8+

(standard USPS rates)
PA Subscription:

To U.S. or Canada: No charge

Outside North America: $9 per year



PA "The Works" Binder:

To U.S. by Priority Mail: $10

Canada by USPS ground: $20

Outside North America by air: $39
PA Collections:

To U.S. by USPS first class: $5

To U.S. by Priority Mail: $7.50

Canada by USPS ground: $10

Outside North America by air: $25
Photo Traveler

(PT)
Picture This

Carol Leigh (CL)
Amazon

(CM, GA, LM, PS, SP, WR)




To U.S.: $4 (flat rate, any number of guides)

To Canada and Mexico: $4 for first item and 50 cents for each additional item.

Outside North America: $5 for first item and $2 for each additional item.




To U.S.: $3.95 Priority Mail




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